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Why You Need to Stop Saving as .XLS Immediately - Discover Talent News // DISCOVER TALENT Productivity Hacks Stop Saving as .XLS: The 60KB Mistake Slowing Down Your Analytics Why a simple change in your default Excel settings can reduce file size by 85% and supercharge your workflow. DT By Discover Talent Team December 05, 2025 It is a habit many of us picked up years ago. You open Excel, you do your work, and you hit save. But if you are still saving your spreadsheets in the legacy .XLS format, you are inadvertently sabotaging your storage space and processing speed. Welcome to Discover...

7 Statistical Formulas in Excel — Quick 60s Guide | Discover Talent™ Quick Excel Lesson 7 Statistical Formulas in Excel — Learn in 60 Seconds If data ever feels overwhelming, you're not alone. That’s exactly why this quick 60-second guide exists — to help you instantly understand the most essential statistical formulas in Excel. These are the tools that make numbers feel clearer, cleaner, and surprisingly friendly. Whether you're a student, a beginner, or just trying to level up your day-to-day work, these formulas will save you time and make your analysis way smoother. AVERAGE — Find the mean MEDIAN — The true center value VAR.P / VAR.S — Measure data spread STDEV.P / STDEV.S — Standard deviation MAX & MIN — Quick boundaries RANGE — Max minus Min COUNT / COUNTA — Fast counting Want to see these formulas in action? Click the thumbnail b...

Excel for Supply Chain: Practical Learning with Discover Talent™ At Discover Talent™, we’re passionate about helping individuals gain real-world skills that matter. One of our recent coaching success stories comes from Iva, a dedicated learner who joined our 1-on-1 Excel training program designed specifically for supply chain professionals. In this blog post, we’ll walk you through her learning journey, what we covered in Module 2, and how you can benefit from watching the full training session — now available on YouTube. 🎓 Personalized Excel Training for Professionals Iva joined our weekend batch through the 1-on-1 coaching option, tailored to her availability and learning pace. She is exploring career opportunities in the supply chain domain and wanted to build a strong foundation in Microsoft Excel before moving on to more advanced tools like Power BI or Python.  In Module 1, we focused on the basics of Excel — cell referencing, formulas, and data entry. That session wa...

Avoiding Accidental Data Overwrites in Excel Are you worried about accidentally changing important data in your Excel sheets? If you have formulas, constants, or key information that shouldn’t be modified, you can use cell protection to keep it safe. This feature helps prevent accidental changes and ensures that only the right people can edit specific parts of your spreadsheet. In this video, we will show you how to protect your cells effectively. You’ll learn how to lock cells that contain crucial data, so they can’t be altered by mistake. Excel’s protection settings allow you to restrict who can edit certain cells or ranges. You can set up passwords or user permissions to control access. To protect your cells, start by going to the “Review” tab and then click on the “Changes” section. Select “Protect Sheet” to set a password and choose which changes are allowed.  This way, you can prevent accidental edits while still letting users make necessary updates where needed.  Whethe...

Sales Analysis in 1 Minute with Excel  Learn how to use Excel to improve your business skills with this quick, 1-minute tutorial. This video is perfect for students, professionals, and anyone looking to get better at using Excel for sales analysis. We will show you how to calculate total sales and check if you’ve met your sales targets using simple formulas. In this video, you will learn: How to Calculate Total Sales : Multiply the number of units sold by the unit price to find out the total sales for each product. We’ll use the formula =B2*C2 and show you how to apply it to multiple rows quickly. How to Check Sales Targets : Use an IF statement to see if you’ve met your sales goals. The formula =IF(D2 >= E2, "Target Met", "Target Not Met") will help you easily see which products are performing well and which are not. If incase you dont have time to read our blog then do leverage our video and learn more about Sales Analysis in 1 Minute with Excel By the end of...